OKC Thunder Power Lunch Chat with Darnell Mayberry

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Allenon Mar 20, 2013 @ 10:30 pm

Reserve point guard Andre Miller celebrated his 37th birthday with 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds while essentially winning the game for the Nuggets with his infectious composure. “We don't win the game without him,” Karl said of Miller. “Well, we might win the game, but it'd be a lot closer.” Isn't it the Thunder has almost the same player age as Miller? “Oh, the beer is going to taste like champagne tonight,” Karl mumbled to no one in particular. Brooks might want to disagree with George's analogy, because Brooks' taste is always beer! His Nuggets had just convincingly manhandled the Thunder 114-104 before a sellout crowd of 18,203 at Chesapeake Energy Arena to set a franchise NBA record of 13 straight victories. The outcome snapped OKC's streak of 20 straight victories at home against Western Conference teams and dropped the Thunder to 30-5 at The Peake this season. It was Karl's 1,121st career victory in 25 seasons as an NBA coach. Though he admittedly was pleased, Karl stressed there is still work to be done. AS for Brooks, all worked has stopped three years ago.

FreeDropon Mar 20, 2013 @ 8:11 pm

There was a point in last night's game when the Thunder were up by 10-12 points. I believe it was 38-28. The defense gave up five consecutive layups...off of designed plays and fast breaks. Horrible. This team used to play harder than other teams. That's not the case anymore.